Sample name: Zouhrah Cave (L 1)

Sample aka: El Harhoura 1

Reference: H. Monchot and H. Aouraghe. 2009. Deciphering the taphonomic history of an Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Zouhrah Cave/El Harhoura 1, Morocco. Quaternaire 20(2):239-253 [ER 3787]

Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation, cave, rodent accumulation

Archaeology: hearths, stone tools

Habitat comments: s1 and 1 are in "Sandy sediments, more or less clayey or silty"
based on a detailed taphonomic analysis, "The hyena would have been the main collector and modifier of bones at Zouhrah cave" but material was also accumulated by porcupines
levels s1, 1, and 2 include "a small lithic industry composed of pebble tools and complete or fractured pebbles"
there are "numerous burnt stones" in "levels 1 and 2" but "cutmarks or characteristic bone fractures" are "rare"

Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, crustaceans

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1563 specimens

Sampled by: A. Debénath

Years: 1976

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "discovered during residential construction work in 1976 and ... excavated by A. Debénath"
numerous amphibians, reptiles, birds, lagomorphs, mollusks, and rodents are described from somewhere in the section
reptile, amphibian, and "mollusc" specimens are listed in the table at this level

Sample no: 4110

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-02-24 14:06:34

Modified: 2023-05-30 05:09:02